8/11/2023: Oakland to Yosemite to Bishop to Forks Campground

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This close to the trailhead, at least the crossings are still in place. On the other side of the pass, it'll be a different story.

After climbing more than 2,000 feet in just a bit over 4 miles, and worried about the dark clouds blowing in from the east, I decide to cut things shorter than planned and give my little tarp shelter its first test, just uphill from the northwest shore of Summit Lake.

Being able to almost bring water to a boil at  11,000 feet opens up a broad horizon of culinary possibilities.

This is not everything I came here to see, but it's a big piece of it. It's hard not to feel awed by these mountains, and to understand that they breathe and have presence and live in ways that force our thinking of life to stretch.

By now I've learned some pretty basic things about windbreaks, the proper tension for a decent ridgeline, and how to orient my house toward the view.